We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Slater Garcia. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Slater below.
Slater, appreciate you joining us today. Are you happy as a creative professional? Do you sometimes wonder what it would be like to work for someone else?
I have a love-hate relationship with being an artist. Everything I create comes from a place of hurt and being deeply misunderstood. I channel all the negativity I’ve experienced in my life into my art. It has allowed me to release and exercise all my pain and trauma. I love it. I wouldn’t be here without it. Every song I write is a snapshot of what I was going through at a certain point in my life. This is where the hate comes from. Each song is a memory of suffering. Every performance is a reminder of these times in my life when I felt I was at my lowest. I relive these moments when I perform. I hate it. I hate having to feel the pain again. It feels like I’m ripping open the wound once more and allowing everyone to watch me bleed. But once the song is over I am grateful that this is just a memory and not my current reality. Some songs I’ve come to terms with. Some I am still healing from. Despite how much it hurts I wouldn’t have it any other way. I know this is what I was meant to do.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
I started just like most musicians. I wanted to learn my favorite songs from my favorite bands. I realized at an early age I couldn’t replicate the songs accurately. I couldn’t sing like them or play with the inflections they had. So I stopped learning songs and started writing my own. This is where I found myself. I’ve always had a problem with communicating. I couldn’t express my feelings effectively. I was always scared of being judged. So I put everything into my art.
Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?
I want to leave behind as much art as possible before I’m gone. I want to leave behind my story so that someone can see what it was like to be me. I want everyone to remember who I was and what I stood for. I feel like if I can accomplish that it won’t feel like I ever left.
For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?
I feel like it’s the freedom you discover in creating. You can make your own rules and you can break them too. You can discover yourself and start all over if you wish. You can do whatever your heart desires.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.instagram.com/27_club_designer/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chloroform_us/
- Other: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0aRQdOmdptx3b7LHcjUoDV?si=kdfbhhBTQxGp_I67X_w1tw https://soundcloud.com/chloroform-518874531
Image Credits
Robert Castillo Zach Cavender